Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-06
Lutte DIMICK'S DOWNFALL
Maud Terry Says She is not Wholly
TO Blame for it.

A Communication From the Woman
Whose Name has Been Connect
cd with the Young Mans Resent Adj
ventures-Deniai of Certain Charg-
When Lutte Dimock left Rock Island
suddenly a few months ago, deserving
his wife and taking property belonging
to his father. it was generally understood
that he had clipped with a certain Maud
Terry, woman of i'll repute, whose COM
pany he bad been keeping and upon
whom he had apparently bestowed great
deal of affection. When the news came
from Omaha Yesterday that young Dim
lex had again deserted his wife, the past
escapade was revived aud the same Maud
Terry was accused of beng the cause Of
Dimick' second fall from grace. The last
clause in Lutte Dimick's letter to bis wife,
pretending to explain his sudden dIsap>
-pearance from Omaha. there IS no
woman in the case this time has arous>
ed the ire of Maud Terry, and in defense
of herself she has sent the following com
munication to the Argos for publication;
Editor OF the Argus;
In answer to the article in yesterdays
paper, l wish to sympathize with the
friends of Mr.. L. D. Dimick, especially
Mrs. L. D., as she mourns bis love 50
greatly. | have not had the chance III
this world TO gain the education and
knowledge that would like TO have had,
so therefore am not capable OF writing
such letter as would like. Still will
endeavor to show to the general public
that am not altogether to blame for Mr.
L. D. Dimick's sad misfortune as every
one imagines, that only for such ''noto-
rjous character" as myself, he would now
be living happy with his wife, but
think his last escapade proves that be
lief false. As said before, | have not
had the chance in this world that many
others have. but | am willing to show
up nv record along with Lutte Dim,
ick's. | think Mrs L. D. Dimick IS alto
gether too good for the man she married,
and l certainly think that she, like my
self, must have been 3 stranger 10 him
or she would have thought twice before
casting her fate forever, as she supposed.
with his. | think the son is a second
Charlie Ross. easily kidnapped, although
I will be lonest enough 10 admit that l
loved L. D. Dimick at one time, and had
yZntst6 have made
him a good, true wife, as | will show by
the letter | send with this. His opinion
of me is, he says in the letter to his wife
that there is no woman in the case this
time" l will also prove that there
would have been "a woman in the case
had accepted the invitation to accom- =
pany him on this. his last trip. All this
and more will be seen in one of his last
letters to me- | will furthermore say
that it was not because | am any too
good TO go with him again, neither was
it because | did not think enough of him
to go, it wss simply because /
knew him to be incapable OF
making a living for any woman with
out his fathers aid, and then again If |
had gone it would have been for only q
short time, SIS | am sure he would have
returned to his wife as soon as he got
broke, which would have been soon,
and | will say, although am ashamed Of
it, that be only left me and returned to
her for the sake of getting money, that |
might have what | wanted. All those
people who think that all | went with
him to Kansas City for WAS for the sake
of getting his money, are much mistaken,
as | can prove. If such had been The
case l would have got more of /: than
did. can also prove of different times
when he would have spent the last money
he had for q diamond bracelet Tor NE
had allowed him to do So. No. wen,
with him because | loved him. lam also
ashamed to admit that, and while | am
willing to bear part of the blame for tax
ing him away from his wife, still | want
TO ask, could have induced him to have
gone had he not been Just as willing to
go as | was. If anyone thinks 50 viii
show the letters he wrote to me before
we ever went 10 Kansas City; letters
that be wrote when be expected his wife
woald die within the same hour. that
would convince some people that
alone am not to blame for all
his misfortune Perhaps many viii
wonder why | have not written +
reply to some of the other pieces thai
have been published so long ago, and
will frankly admit that Il though
too much of Lutte to say sught of hin
or bis people, and even now would mol
say what have, only | see it is impos'
sible for them to let my name drop. No
it must be brought up again, when | had
nothing to do with his going away thi!
last time. No matter what am or what
| have done, l had mother once,
presume as good mother as Lutte Dim
lex has, and have sisters that | respec
as much as he respects his sisters, ard
presume they are as worthy of respect
still why do | get sll the blame and hin
not any. NJ. I.
The correspondent encloses letter
dated at Omaha, bearing L T. Dimick 5
signature, which she refers to above aud il
which he expresses his profound admira
ton and affection for her, and his determin
alton to sooner or later be with her. Tht
communication, which is published bear:
no date line, so 1t is not known where il
was written or when. 1t is accompanied
by personal letter to the ARGUS asking
that it be published.
Mr.. Adams Escape.
The ARGUS of yesterday mentioned th,
narrow escape of Mr.. james L, Adam
of this city, from drowning. near Camp